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Category Archives: Forgiveness
I’m Sorry Self
Big, fat, crocodile tears now. Her voice shook as she gripped my hand a little tighter. “I didn’t think it would matter mom. It’s mine.”
My heart broke a little as I started to explain. “Baby, you have to respect yourself and your property. You have to know how to take care of things. You are just as important as anyone else and you have to treat yourself with as much, if not more, respect than you treat others. You matter. You are valuable. And so are the things you care about. But you have to set that standard and know that first. Do you understand that?” Continue reading
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The Heart Stuff…
Man, sometimes I wonder how people do the emotions thing. I am generally pretty mellow, but not last week. I got mad twice last week. Like, really mad. Like, raise my voice and cuss mad. Like, the mad I always said … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, My daily life, Organization, parenting, Uncategorized, work
Tagged accomplishment, boundaries, comfort zone, discipline, Growth, little things, love, pamper, personal growth, relationships, self care, self development, stretching
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The Other Woman – Part 2
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post. One of the first things I HAD to learn on this journey is that it is okay to not be okay. I am not the only person who doesn’t have it all together. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, dreams, Family, Family Matters, Fashion, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, My daily life, Organization, parenting, Uncategorized, work
Tagged Advice, beauty, comparison, envy, friendships, jealousy, journey, keeping up with the joneses, life, Messy, other woman, perfectionism, personal growth, priorities, self development, self esteem, stretch, truth, woman, women's health
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The Other Woman
The other woman. She is beautiful. Awesome. Everything I wished I could be. She looks fabulous. Always so confident. She is completely comfortable with who she is. She works out regularly, and you can definitely tell. Her outfit is always on … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, My daily life, Organization, Uncategorized
Tagged bad habits, becoming, challenges, change, daily life, discipline, dreams, envy, focus, goals, greed, Growth, habits, inspiration, mental clarity, motivation, perfection, physical fitness, progress, strength, success, the other woman
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May 23 – Vulnerable
Oh, the beautiful words penned by Brené Brown. She is my favorite. Today, anyway. I have lots of favorites. But I find myself reeling with the raw, unfiltered content of her writing. Always. She was my inspiration to write this … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, dreams, Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, My daily life, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, authentic, authenticity, chameleon, courage, discovery, fake, fear, Friendship, healing, hiding, history, inner child, journey, memories, memory, no more hiding, opening up, pain, past, raw, real, reconnect, strength, truth, unfiltered, vulnerability, vulnerable, weakness
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May 15 – One Thing
If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be and why? I would remove selfishness. Selfishness is the primary reason that there are bad things in the world. I mean, if you really think about it, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, parenting, Uncategorized, work
Tagged change, change the world, damage, dream, focus, imagination, imagine, kindness, love, loving others, narcissist, parenting, peace, question everything, reflection, selfishness, thought provoking, world leaders
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May 10 – Dear Mom,
We are all grown now, the eight babies you birthed. I am not sure how that feels. But I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how much I appreciate you. I know we don’t get much time together, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Growth, Health, Mental Health, Mother's Day, My daily life, Uncategorized
Tagged being a mom, blessed, daughter, dear mom, Family, gratitude, hope, hugs, letter to my mother, love, mama, mom, mom of eight, mommy, mother, Mother's Day, open letter, parenting, parenting regrets, regrets, sacrifice, smiles
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May 9 – The best/worst, worst/best days…
Prompt: Write about the worst or best day in your life. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, My daily life, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, adventures, battered women, becoming, best day, charles dickens, children, daily prompt, divorce, domestic violence, experiences, Family, freedom, Friendship, healing, healthy, kids, life, love, marriage, overcoming, parenting, peace, questions, rock bottom, shelter, wedding day, worst day
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May 8 – Bitter
I felt the arrow pierce my flesh, ripping through my entire being. Although it had struck quickly and quietly, it felt as though the entire world around me was screaming with the pain of it. He was supposed to love … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Family Matters, Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth, Health, Mental Health, My daily life, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, bitter, daily post, domestic violence, Family, Feelings, Forgiveness, freedom, happiness, healing, Health, mahatma gandhi, max lucado, moving on, poison, storytelling
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